Refugees
Nduta camp : five refugees abducted amid fear and impending deportations
SOS Médias Burundi Nduta, February 20, 2026 – Fear is spreading in the Nduta camp in Tanzania. Five Burundian refugees have recently been abducted on different dates, the latest incident
Ruyigi : dozens of Congolese refugees behind bars for leaving their camps
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, February 21, 2026 – Several Congolese refugees from the Busuma, Nyankanda, and Bwagiriza camps, located in the district of Ruyigi, in the province of Buhumuza, eastern
DRC (Lusenda) : Burundian teachers without pay for six months, schools on the brink of chaos
SOS Média Burundi Lusenda, South Kivu : February 18, 2026 – In the Lusenda refugee camp, located in the Fizi territory of South Kivu province and home to more than
Nyarugusu and Nduta (Tanzania) : Burundian families left homeless
SOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu/Nduta, Tanzania, February 12, 2026 – The demolition of shelters for Burundian refugees is intensifying in camps in northwestern Tanzania, leaving many families without shelters and exposed
Meheba (Zambia) : refugees welcome the introduction of school meals
SOS Médias Burundi Meheba, February 10, 2026 – Since January, all primary schools in the Meheba camp in northwestern Zambia have been integrated into a school meal program funded by
Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : a hospital overwhelmed by the influx of Burundian and Congolese refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu, February 8, 2026 – The only hospital still operational in the Nyarugusu refugee camp, in the Kigoma region of northwestern Tanzania, is overwhelmed. Located in the
Kakuma : the UNHCR focuses on self-reliance to reduce the refugee dependency
SOS Médias Burundi Kakuma, February 2, 2026 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a program to financially empower refugees in the Kakuma camp and its
Nduta (Tanzania) : MSF accuses authorities of forced repatriations and serious violations of the rights of Burundian refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, January 29, 2026 – Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an NGO active in the health sector in refugee camps in Tanzania, is raising the alarm about what
Buhumuza : Busuma camp in shock, hundreds of Congolese refugees die in undignified conditions
SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, January 29, 2026 – Since December 2025, more than 300 Congolese refugees, including many children and the elderly, have died in the Busuma camp in Buhumuza
Dzaleka : dozens of refugees detained for bank withdrawal
SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, January 29, 2026 – Dozens of refugees were arrested on Wednesday after leaving the Dzaleka camp without authorization. Their families are appealing to the immigration services